Tutorial: Making a Bomb Explosion With EmberGen & Nuke
In this tutorial, Daniel will teach you how to make a live-action bomb explosion with EmberGen and Nuke.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Setting up the shot
01:50 - Export backplate
02:15 - Create an explosion using a Burst node
02:32 - determining the scale
04:44 - Setting up the camera
05:33 - Tweak Burst node and shape of the effect
08:28 - Set dissipation
09:07 - Change smoke color and lighting
09:49 - Edit combustion settings
10:14 - Making a preview
12:14 - Readjusting scale
12:50 - Adding a line force and more tweaking
14:15 - Shockwave
16:42 - Blending the shockwave with a noise shape
19:19 - Debris
22:12 - Wind
23:31 - Adding a floor
24:10 - Another preview
24:44 - Setting up the Embergen render
28:32 - Compositing the smoke in Nuke
33:10 - Compositing